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	Message: : TOUR OF DUTY: : In the last level, we wandered through a part of the ship shaped like a : Rose, encountered BoBs and Hulks for the first time, equipped ourselves : with a second Pistol, and found two secret - and very revealing - : terminals. : Now, having either A) failed at our mission because the Pfhor slaughtered the : BoBs, B) performed the slaughtering ourselves, or C) succeeded in rescuing : at least half the BoBs, we teleport into a room. Immediately we are set : upon by a few Fighters and Wasps. Not too problematic, though, since we : have both an Assault Rifle and dual-wielded Pistols. The first thing : you'll notice as soon as you're safe is that this level is very dark, with : the few lights on the level being incredibly bright. We head down the : stairs and read the Terminal. : Time is limited. There is a large group of heavily armed : Pfhor approaching the section of the ship where I have : transported you. Their only logical destination is the : sensitive engineering areas in the aft section of the ship. : As we are not yet in a position to halt their advance by : force, I have decided to depressurize a large area in their : path in order to slow their progress. Unfortunately, I cannot : remotely seal the airlocks and isolate the zone I wish to : depressurize from the nearby living quarters. Exposing this : area to space without first isolating it would kill hundreds : of human crew. : You will have to go and close the doors. : Sounds simple. As we go along, we find that the level is not only dark, but : also cramped. This can be both good and bad when facing the Wasps and : Compilers on this level. You can take advantage of the plentiful corners : to avoid getting zapped, but if you're not careful, you can get pinned : down easily. Given that you only have 1x Health at the moment, you should : avoid this as best you can. : Here's the map (borrowed from the Marathon Spoiler Guide): : For now, ignore the points A1 and A2. Those have to do with the one secret on : the level, which we'll get to later. : While we explore the level in search of the airlocks, we will find a : Terminal. : [ Unauthorized access -alarm 2521-] : [Security Breached 49-z[3.67.299.492]-] : [Trac e Prohibition Compensated] : ....n 15 ~~~~~~Be~rn border of the Roman Empire to the Danube : River. During a skirmish with barbarians in Raetiain the : mountains near the borof modern France and Switzerland), 117 : men under Gaius Licinius MarcW#&I~?f/f /xxfxfff `~~~ : THM@#%!@# : 233nce of weird and frightening monsters under his control, : many successful raidsecty the fall of the Roman Empire and : remained unmolested until the ninth un~~~ : written ls into the lex vita. Clovis moved the settlement : farther south i the mountains, nearer the spring, to escape : the notice of Charlemagne and later the Holy Roman Empire. : Clovis remain```` : ~fxf´f`~ Fxff´xf ~~~~ : 427q3w8459806ladimir in 1902 and Frederi~just recently. Both, : however, carried out reforms before their deaths which slowly : integrated their people secretly into world society, which are : now scattered all over the globe- to meet only once every : seven years in southeast France ~FFFffxfffffF?F?FF?F f must : be chosen. : [trace mode error] : [unimplemented inline trap $A9FF] : [Spurious Interrupt - Breach Disabled ] : [Further Access Denied] : [Breach Location Undetermined] : After closing both doors (behind which are a number of Wasps), we head as far : north as possible. We find a room containing some raised platforms and : some lowered ones, with a number of switches in the wall. After : experimenting with a switch to figure out what platform it activates, we : can hop on the connected platform and flip the switch with a grenade, : taking us up and allowing to progress to the final puzzle on the level. : There are two switches on opposite ends of a long, square corridor. What we : have to do is flip the East switch, run to the West switch, flip it, and : run into an open alcove in the middle of the North corridor. If we do it : fast enough, we can get on the platform with plenty of time to twiddle our : thumbs while we wait for the platform to rise. Once it stops, we hop on : another one, which takes us up to a small room containing two Fighters and : the final Terminal. : Good work. I will begin the decompression process in a : moment. : I have finished debriefing the civilian crew you rescued a few : hours ago. They are the only group to survive prolonged : contact with the Aliens that I have been able to talk with. : They maintain that the Aliens were loading as many humans as : possible onto shuttle craft and flying them to the Pfhor : mother ship. I have watched many such shuttles bringing : supplies to the Aliens, but had no idea they were carrying : humans back to the alien ship. : I will brief you more on your next mission when you arrive. : You may not go exactly where I want you to end up because : there is interference in the Computer : Net. Good luck. : What's odd is Leela says we successfully rescued the crew earlier whether or : not we actually succeeded in our mission last level. So even if we : personally kill every single Bob and Leela says we've failed, somehow we : still rescued the crew? I guess Leela was debriefing thin air. : And with that, we teleport out and to the next level. But not yet! We have to : find the secret on this level! And yes, there is only one. : But don't get too down-trodden, because this is by far the hardest secret in : the whole game. Look at the map again: : Head to point A1 on the map. As you enter the alcove, an elevator back at the : start will activate, though you may not be able to hear it. Now, as fast : as possible, run back to the start, and on the left side (as you enter), a : platform will have dropped down. Jump in the hole, run forward a ways, : grab the Flamethrower on the ground, and run back to the platform. If : you're not fast enough, you'll get trapped down there with no way to : escape other than to blow yourself up and go back to the last save. Unless : you do get trapped, DO NOT READ THE TERMINAL . If you waste time reading : the Terminal, you're certain to get trapped. : But if you happen to be fast enough to get down there and not fast enough to : escape, then by all means, read the Terminal. You know you want to. : [durandal.652.586.34.2] : Here I am, sulking about on a ship which used to be my slave. : Chased by a narrow-minded AI who thinks I'm rampant with only : the cybernetic toys of these so-called invaders to play with. : And here you are, stuck at the bottom of a hole. How droll. : It's really too bad- we could have had so much fun together. : Vale, : Durandal : This is our first chance to witness Durandal's snarky, clever humor. And it : is wonderful in our eyes. ;) : With this secret, it helps if you use Forward-Sidestep. If you hold down one : of your Sidestep keys while you move forward, you'll move much faster. It : may take a little getting used to, but it's incredibly useful, especially : in multiplayer, where moving just a little faster can give you the edge : you need to avoid getting blown to bits with a SPNKr and get off that last : shot needed to bring down that formerly-blue-now-covered-in-red guy. In : truth, it really isn't terribly hard once you figure out what to do: I : pulled it off on my second try, with my first try failing by just a split : second. : This secret, unlike the ones on the previous level, is actually hidden from : view in the Terminal graphics: : I actually wonder how anybody could've first discovered this secret without a : map editor. Speaking of which, does anybody here know what the first : third-party map editor for Marathon 1 was? : With the gameplay and story covered, time to move briefly to the aesthetics. : This is the first and only level in the single-player that uses the song ' : Chomber '. An odd fit, in my opinion, but oh well. The level's lighting is : very harsh and starkly-contrasted. Dark corridors with bright lights : scattered throughout. Granted, this is a constant feature of the original : Marathon, but this level epitomizes this tendency. The only other levels I : can think of that exemplify this feature in the way that Smells Like : Napalm... does are Arrival and Bob-B-Q . Intriguingly, all three : levels were made by Jason Jones, or at least I presume he made them, based : on the deduction on the Level Credits page in the FAPTA... section. : Now, in all fairness, I think this level may be my second-least favorite of : the game, just behind Couch Fishing . Something about the darkness and : the cramped corridors just gets to me, giving it a tedious feeling. Though : I must admit, playing with Software graphics and the Classic HUD (which : is how I usually play, just for the sake of giving the game a more retro : feeling) helps alleviate some of the trouble there. Dunno why. Something : about harsh realism makes everything more dark and depressed, I guess. : With all that out of the way, we can teleport out and on to the next level, : wrapping up the Seventh Edition of Tour of Duty . : Vale, : Perseus
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